Daizangi () is one of the large and historical residential areas of
Hazaristan (Hazarajat) in the central region of
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
.
Geography
Daizangi includes
Panjab (
Bamyan
Bamyan (), also spelled Bamian or Bamiyan, is the capital of Bamyan Province in central Afghanistan. Its population of approximately 100,000 people makes it the largest city in Hazarajat. Bamyan is at an altitude of about above sea level. The ...
),
Waras (Bamyan),
Yakawlang
Yakawlang also romanized as Yakaolang () was a city of 76,000 people (est. 2011) in Yakawlang District, Bamyan Province, Afghanistan. It is the capital of Yakawlang District with an altitude of . It was significantly destroyed by Taliban forc ...
(Bamyan),
Lal Sarjangal (
Ghor), and part of
Sharistan (
Daikundi).
Demographics
The residents of Daizangi are the
Hazara people
The Hazaras (; ) are an ethnic group and a principal component of Afghanistan’s population. They are one of the largest ethnic groups in Afghanistan, primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanistan. Hazaras ...
who speak the
Hazaragi
Hazaragi (; ) is an eastern Persian dialects, dialect and Persian varieties, variety of the Persian language that is spoken by the Hazara people.
Classification
Hazaragi is a member of the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Europea ...
and
Dari
Dari (; endonym: ), Dari Persian (, , or , ), or Eastern Persian is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the Afghan government's official term for the Persian language;Lazard, G.Darī – The New Persian ...
dialects of
Persian.
Famous people from Daizangi
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Abdul Ali Mazari
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Qorban Kohestani
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Zahir Howaida
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General Khodaidad
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Murad Ali Murad
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Jafar Mahdavi
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Safdar Tawakoli
See also
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Daizangi tribe
References
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Hazarajat